Parides eurimedes, STOLL, 1782

Chainey, John E., 2005, The species of Papilionidae and Pieridae (Lepidoptera) described by Cramer and Stoll and their putative type material in the Natural History Museum in London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3), pp. 283-337 : 300

EURIMEDES STOLL, 1782

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Pap[ilio] Eq[ues] Troj[anus] eurimedes Stoll, 1782a: 199 , 249, pl.386, figs E, F [original plate 349, figs C, C]. ‘ Berbices’ [= Guyana].

Papilio Eques Trojanus eurimedes, Stoll, 1782b: 2 [No. 38].

Material examined. Syntype ♂, with van Lennep label ‘No. 38. EURIMEDES Cr. IV. 386. E. F.’ and Felder label ‘ Surinam Coll. Lenep’ ( BMNH (E)#665199); there is some damage to the thorax and it has had a few repairs and touches of paint. Original plate 349, figs C, C is highly stylized, but is otherwise a good match .

Current status. Valid species in Parides ( Häuser et al., 2003) .

Figures

Figures 9–14. Fig. 9. Papilio drusius Cramer (syntype). Fig. 10. Papilio erymanthus Cramer (syntype). Fig. 11. Papilio eurimedes Stoll (syntype). Fig. 12. Papilio gambrisius Cramer (syntype). Fig. 13. Papilio hypolitus Cramer (specimen with ‘van Lennep’ label). Fig. 14. Papilio hyppason Cramer (syntype).